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The company was founded by the late Tan Sri Loh Boon Siew in the 1960s, beginning as the Malaysian distributor for Honda Super Cub motorcycles and later cars. [2]The groups has a combined total asset exceeding RM3 billion, shareholders fund exceeding RM2.2 billion and Cash/Cash Equivalent exceeding RM1 billion as of 31 December 2001 (source: annual audited accounts).
In the 1950s, Boon Siew went into property development with his friends Say Bee and Poh Heng by building residential villas in Taman Saw Kit in Penang. His work is continued by his Boon Siew Group. Boon Siew arranged to meet with Mr. Soichiro Honda, the Honda Super Cub's creator, and quickly convinced him to set up a Honda subsidiary in Malaysia.
Boon Siew Finance Berhad; Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya; Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo; Borneo Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (Sabah) Borneo Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (Sarawak) BSN Commercial Bank; BSN Finance Berhad; BSN Merchant Bank Berhad; Bumiputra Commerce Bank Berhad (BCB)
This is a list of notable Malaysians of Chinese origin, including original immigrants who obtained Malaysian citizenship and their Malaysian descendants.Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Chinese, whose ethnic origin lie in China.
The company was founded in 1948 by the late Heng Siew Chiang (1918–1978) in Tawau, North Borneo as his business venture in the Nanyang region after emigrating from Chaoyang, China. Established as "Chop Heng Siew Chiang", it had its beginnings as a modest import-export trading house and grocery shop on the Dunlop Street [ 3 ] and later on the ...
In 1974, the Borneo Company initiated a joint venture with Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) to form Sarawak Sebor Sdn Bhd. In 2007, Sarawak Sebor sold all its shareholdings to a company known as IDS/LF Asia. LF (Lee & Fung) Asia was a global supply chain company headquartered in Hong Kong.
Loh Boon Siew (1915–1995), first distributor of Honda motorcycles in Malaysia; Lim Goh Tong (1918–2007), founder of the Genting Group; Lillian Too (born 1946) Lim Kok Thay (born 1951), chairman of the Genting Group; Quek Leng Chan (born 1941), co-founder of the Hong Leong Group
Yeoh Tiong Lay (Chinese: 楊忠禮; 18 December 1929 – 18 October 2017) was a Malaysian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He founded YTL Corporation, [1] Malaysia's largest conglomerate, with interests in construction, utilities, hotels, property development and technology.